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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Andrew Douglas Bocking, Conestogo, CA;
Cassidy Paul Gentle, Kitchener, CA;
Ronald Scotte Zinn, Waterloo, CA;
Ian Milligan, Kitchener, CA;
Darin White, Waterloo, CA;
Anthony Burns, Waterloo, CA;
Andrew Douglas Bocking, Conestogo, CA;
Cassidy Paul Gentle, Kitchener, CA;
Ronald Scotte Zinn, Waterloo, CA;
Ian Milligan, Kitchener, CA;
Darin White, Waterloo, CA;
Anthony Burns, Waterloo, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
An electronic device and method for providing customizing notifications is disclosed. Event generation and handling components are associated with different device event types and for generating a notification event upon occurrence of an event handled by the respective event generation and handling component is provided. Profile management component manages user profiles defining user preferences of notifications associated with different incoming device event types and managing profile exceptions defining one or more notification exceptions to the user profiles. A user notification component generates a user notification for a generated notification event from one or more of the plurality of event generation and handling components in accordance with one of the one or more profile exceptions if a condition of the generated notification event matches a condition of the profile exception or matches with an active user profile of the user profiles that is selected for specifying current user preferences for notifications.